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National Guideline for Patient Safety Incident Reporting and Learning in the Health Sector of South Africa - 2022

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Guides/Guidelines

The purpose of this Guideline is to provide direction to the health sector of South Africa regarding the management of PSI reporting, including the provision of appropriate feedback to patients, families/support persons and clinicians, as well as the sharing of lessons learned to prevent patient harm. This Guideline describes a national standardised system for managing PSIs to ensure that various levels of care in the health system respond effectively to PSIs.

National Guideline for Hypertension 1998

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Guides/Guidelines
Hypertension is a major public health problem in virtually all parts of the world, as well as in South Africa. Primary health care services should be the stronghold of hypertension control. The goal of the guideline is primary prevention of high blood pressure through integrated measures to facilitate a healthy lifestyle (primordial prevention) and secondary prevention by reducing cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, renal and retinal damage associated with hypertension.

National Guide lines on the Management of Hypertension in Adults at Primary Care Level

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Guides/Guidelines
The main objectives of this guideline are to  achieve primary prevention of high blood pressure through an integrated risk management process by following a population approach, to achieve target level blood pressure by rational, effective, comprehensive management of hypertension and to  achieve  secondary  prevention  of  cardiovascular  disease,  cerebrovascular  disease, renal and retinal damage associated with hypertension through the application of an “at risk” approach.

Pharmacy Month 2023

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Promotional Materials and Infographics

Pharmacy Month is rational medicines use intervention and is scheduled on the Health Awareness Calendar for the month of September every year. Pharmacy Month provides pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel with the opportunity to further improve patient awareness regarding their vital role in using medicines appropriately, and to foster the understanding of the importance of pharmacists and pharmacy support personnel in the provision of quality healthcare.

National Development Plan 2030

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Strategic Documents and Plans
The National Development Plan is a broad strategic framework.  It  sets  out  a  coherent  and  holistic approach  to  confronting  poverty  and  inequality based  on  the  six  focused,  interlinked  priorities which are to 1. Uniting South Africans under a common program, 2. Encouraging citizens ti be active in their own development, 3. Faster and more inclusive growth, 4. Building capabilities, 5. A capable and more developmental state and 6. Leadership and responsibility throughout society.

National Demand Generation Implementation Guide

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Guides/Guidelines
Demand generation for medical male circumcision is the process by which uncircumcised and HIV-negative men: learn about MMC; understand what the benefits are; make the decision to get medically circumcised; and ultimately become champions for MMC. This guide is designed to assist you with how best to generate demand for MMC, meet your MMC targets and reduce new HIV infections in your community. This implementation guide has arisen out of a need for more direct guidance in running successful MMC campaigns within a resource-limited environment.

National Contraception Clinical Guidelines 2019

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Guides/Guidelines
These guidelines cover modern methods of contraception. In step with contemporary thinking, modern methods of contraception are described as methods which use a product or medical procedure that interferes with reproduction from acts of sexual intercourse. Non-modern methods, also known as traditional or natural methods, are generally less reliable and effective than modern methods. In light of the high rates of unintended pregnancies, unmet need for contraception, and HIV prevalence in South Africa, these methods are not actively promoted in the National Clinical Contraception Guidelines.

National Consolidated Guidelines for the Management of HIV in Adults, Adolescents, Children and Infants and Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission

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Policies
All HIV positive pregnant and breastfeeding women, infants, children, adolescents and adults have been eligible for ART regardless of CD4 count or WHO staging since 01 September 2016. The “Test and Treat All” approach has made it possible for people living with HIV (PLHIV) to access ART timeously. The 2019 Consolidated Guidelines have been revised to include a new formulation of the fixed dose combination (FDC) of tenofovir (TDF) 300 mg + lamivudine (3TC) 300 mg + dolutegravir (DTG) 50 mg (TLD) for all eligible adults, adolescents and children 10 years and older and weighing 35 kg or more.
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